On Monday 11 Apr 2016 13:17:05 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday, April 11, 2016 11:34:03 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday 09 April 2016 11:12:51 Mick wrote: > > > I noticed today that Plasma 5 is now stable, which means I will soon > > > have > > > to deal with it. > > > > I saw that too, and it cast a gloom over the rest of my day. I intend to > > stick with KDE-4 until some more sensible themes become available in > > Plasma > > 5, so I hope someone will be keeping an archive of KDE-4 somewhere, as in > > the earlier case of KDE 3 -> 4. > > > > Last time I searched for Plasma 5 themes (or design methods, in case I > > might be able to create my own) I came up empty handed. My objection to > > the available one is that it's just ugly: acres of wasted space > > everywhere, and great blocks of solid colour, some of which are actually > > buttons without looking like them. Nothing subtle or sophisticated about > > it at all. > > > > If anyone can point me to a better theme I'll be grateful. > > You could try the following: > http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/ocd-plasma5-theme?content=175772 > > I am not fully convinced, but then again, I quite like "Breeze Dark" with > "Air" so far. But still looking for a really nice one. (My design skills are > non-existent) > > -- > Joost
It's all a bit flat and boring, at least for a desktop. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the target audience is MSWindows users with Surface tablets. What other reason would KDE devs have to imitate the aesthetic shift from Windows 7 to Windows 10? -- Regards, Mick
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